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1. Public Health Ontario webinar: Respiratory Season 2024-25, Part 1: Surveillance & Testing. Thursday October 3, 2024 10:30 p.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST. Public Health Ontario. Registration. Intended audience includes primary health care providers. Overview of the current epidemiological trends for COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity in Ontario, Canada and internationally. This session also describes the planned approach to testing across the provincial lab network for...
   
   

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Save the Date: Rheumatology for Primary Care Webinar Series, University of Ottawa CPD

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University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development

Incorporates participant questions (collected before each session) related to the topic presented to ensure each presentation is as relevant and useful to the audience as possible.  The format will be a didactic presentation using case-based scenarios followed by a question-and-answer period. 

Early Bird Deadline: December 16, 2024

Dates: January 13  |  January 27  |  February 10  | ...

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Pertussis: Ongoing increase in cases and reminders

To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: September 23, 2024
From: Dr. Laura Bourns, Associate Medical Officer of Health
Subject: Pertussis: Ongoing increase in cases and reminders

Since the spring, there has been an increase in the number of pertussis cases reported in Quebec, Ontario, and other jurisdictions. In 2024 (as of September 16), 126 cases of confirmed or probable pertussis in Ottawa residents have been reported to Ottawa Public Health (OPH), compared to six cases in 2023. The...

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Legionellosis in Ottawa

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Walk-in Clinics, Emergency
Date: September 18, 2024
From: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health
Subject: Legionellosis in Ottawa

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has received reports of cases in Ottawa of Legionnaires’ disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 with onsets of illness in August and September 2024 at an incidence rate above expected. OPH is investigating if there is a common source of the infections. When...

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Ontario’s 2024-2025 Infant and High-Risk Children RSV Prevention Program

To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: September 17, 2024
From: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Deputy Medical Officer of Health
Subject: Ontario’s 2024-2025 Infant and High-risk Children RSV Prevention Program

Dear Colleagues,

Ontario has announced a new provincial Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccination program for infants and high-risk children starting this 2024-2025 respiratory virus season. Attached is a letter from the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario, Dr. Kieran Moore, outlining...

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